See Also: Plus a match(finance)
match(medicine)
Plus a match(money)
match(1)(dictionary)
match(2)(dictionary)
match(3)(dictionary)
match(4)(dictionary)
match(dictionary)
match-fit(dictionary)
match point(dictionary)

match-maker (iou) and scale(8) (iou)


match-maker (iou)



match-maker noun. M17.
[from MATCH noun2 + MAKER.]
A person who makes matches (MATCH noun2).

scale(8) (iou)



scale verb2. LME.
[Old French escaler or medieval Latin scalare, from Latin scala SCALE noun4.]
I.
verb trans.
a. Hist. Attack (a fortress etc.) with scaling-ladders. LME.
scaling-ladder: (a) Hist. used in assaults on fortified places; (b) used by fire-fighters for scaling high buildings.
H. M. Field The highest pass in Europe..and..it seemed as if we were scaling heaven itself. C. Morgan A prisoner had escaped by scaling the roof. fig.: M. Coren Cecil..never attained the literary heights which his brother so often scaled.
b. Climb, get over (a wall or Other obstacle); ascend, reach the top of, (a mountain etc.). Also, climb up to or into. LME.
verb intrans. Climb, ascend. M16.
Milton The..stair That scal'd by steps of Gold to Heav'n Gate.
b. Rise high in pitch. M19.
II. Measure or regulate by a scale.
a. verb trans. Adjust the amount etc. of (a thing) according to a fixed scale. Chiefly in scale down, reduce proportionately according to such a scale; scale up, increase proportionately according to such a scale. Orig. US. L18.
C. Chaplin The..Company was scaling its terms according to..seating capacity. Company You can scale down your ambition..if costs soar.
b. verb trans. Measure or represent (a thing) in exact proportion to its size or according to a given scale. L19.
C. Ford Photographs of lute roses..which may be adapted and scaled as required.
c. verb trans. Alter (a quantity or property) by changing the units in which it is measured. M20.
d. verb intrans. Of a quantity or property: vary or be variable according to a defined rule or principle, esp. so as to keep some proportion constant. L20.
verb trans. Forestry. Estimate the amount of (standing timber); measure (a log). Of a tree: yield (a certain amount of timber). N. Amer. M19.
verb trans. Estimate the proportions of; provide a standard of proportion for. L19.
verb trans. & intrans. Of an electronic scaler: count (electrical pulses). M20.